BAR COUNCIL OF DELHI SUSPENDS 15 MORE LAWYERS FOR THEIR ALLEGED ROLE IN TIS HAZARI COURT VIOLENCE The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on July 14 suspended the licenses/enrolment of 15 more advocat4s suspected of being involved in violent clashes at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court Complex earlier this month. Advocates Vibhu Tyagi, Vishal Yadav, Akash […]
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The Gujarat High Court on Friday, 14th July 2023 ordered the State government to constitute a committee to identify cases, especially rape cases, wherein the trial courts have convicted accused persons based on weak evidence which does not inspire confidence, and yet the convicts continue to languish in jail. [ Govindbhai Velsibhai @ Virjibhai […]
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that Bar Associations are duty-bound to evolve ways to secure legal aid for those who stand deprived of access to justice due to financial hardship. [ Shiv Kumar And Another v, State] A bench of Justices Attau Rahman Masoodi and Ajay Kumar Srivastava added that the legal fraternity […]
The Court observed that if a naïve law student faces such horrendous acts in the office of an advocate, it would have a chilling effect on the entire profession. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a criminal complaint against a lawyer accused of raping one of his interns. [Rajesh KSN v State […]
The Bombay High Court on 11th July 2023 rejected a plea by 154 students to hold a re-examination for the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) for MBA admission. A division bench of Justices GS Patel and Neela Gokhale noted that out of 1lakh students who gave the entrance test, only a little over 150 […]
An Industrial tribunal recently confirmed a finding of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) that RK Pachauri, the former chief of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was guilty of sexually harassing a female employee. [Dr. RK Pachauri (deceased) v UOI & Ors] An appeal was filed by the legal representatives of Pachauri against the 2015 […]
Importantly, two petitioners, Shah Faesal and Shehla Rashid withdrew their pleas. The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will start hearing the batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the constitution from August 02 and will proceed to hear the case on a day-to-day basis except on Mondays and Fridays. A Constitution […]
Kerala High Court rejects plea on providing halts for trains The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer seeking a halt for the Vande Bharat train at Tirur Railway station in Kerala. [PT Sheejish v Union of India & Ors.]. Facts of the Case The Petitioner is a practicing lawyer […]
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) against a father for allegedly kidnapping his two sons from their mother’s custody. [Md Asif v. State of Andhra Pradesh] Brief facts of the case On 23rd September 2022, the Petitioner along with four persons came in a vehicle and kidnapped the […]
The Mumbai Court recently refused a mother interim custody of her 8-year-old child on the basis that she is staying as a paying guest and does not have the capabilities to look after the child. Facts of the case The Appellant claimed that she was married in 2010 and things were going very well but […]